For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before Go
And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritu
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes f
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet no
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On th
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the h
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your sim
so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened br
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done wh
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the E
I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to t